Management of Organizations

Fall 2013 Seminar Schedule

Klaus WeberKellogg School of ManagementNorthwestern University"Theorizing Theorization: The Case of Alternative Livestock Agriculure Theorization."The formulation of patterned relationships among abstract categories in discourse has been portrayed as an important process in the justification, elaboration, diffusion and legitimation of controversial or novel practices. Existing research has implicitly treated theorization as the output of a linear knowledge production process, which, once completed, leads to non-discursive outcomes. We suggest that despite its importance, the concept itself has been undertheorized. We propose a more comprehensive view that distinguishes theorization as output from theorization as throughput, and explore the utility of this view for understanding knowledge creation in the new field of alternative livestock agriculture from 1980-2010. We use quantitative text analyses of a large text corpus produced by leading proponents of this field to understand the relationship between theorization practices and outcomes. Our preliminary findings suggest that the linear view of theorization may be too limiting for understanding knowledge creation around contested innovations.[PDF]

Sept. 10

Leanne ten BrinkePostdoctoral FellowHaas School of BusinessUniversity of California, Berkeley"The New Truth About Lies."

Sept. 17

Brayden KingKellogg School of ManagementNorthwestern University"Matthew Effects and Status in Major League Baseball."[PDF]